November 6, 2012 was the date of California's 2012 general election. The statewide ballot featured the 2012 presidential contest, as well as elections for U.S. Congress, state senate and state assembly. Eleven statewide ballot propositions were also on the November 6 ballot.
In addition to those contests, many voters saw local ballot measures on their ballot.[1][2]
In California, the governing boards of school districts, cities, counties and special districts can vote to refer local measures to the ballot. In cities, counties and special districts (but not school districts), citizens can also collect signatures on petitions to force local public policy questions to the local ballot. However, the overwhelming majority of local ballot measures throughout the state are referred to the ballot by governing bodies, not by citizen initiative.
Measure A1: Oakland Zoo Parcel Tax
Measure B1: Alameda County Sales Tax Increase
Measure D: City of Alameda Sale or Disposal of City Parks
Measure F: City of Albany Sales Tax Increase
Measure I: Chabot Las Positas Community College District parcel tax (also on the ballot in parts of Contra Costa County}
Measure J: Oakland Unified School District bond proposition
Measure K: Ohlone Community College District Method of Electing Board Members
Measure L: San Leandro Unified School District parcel tax
Measure M: Berkeley Streets and Watershed bond proposition
Measure N: Berkeley Pools bond proposition
Measure O: Berkeley Pools parcel tax
Measure P: Berkeley Gann Limit Increase
Measure Q: Berkeley Utility Users Tax
Measure R: Berkeley Redistricting Charter Amendment
Measure S: Berkeley Sit-Lie Ordinance
Measure T: Zoning for the West Berkeley Plan
Measure U: Berkeley Sunshine Ordinance
Measure V: Berkeley FACTS Initiative
Measure W: Livermore City Council Election Dates
Measure X: Livermore City Council Election Dates (alternative)
Measure Y: City of Piedmont parcel tax
Measure Z: Washington Township Healthcare District bond proposition
Measure Q: Amador County Hotel Tax Increase
Measure U: Amador County Vehicle Abatement Program Fees
Measure R: Plymouth (City of) Hotel Tax Increase
Measure S: Plymouth (City of) Hotel Tax Increase (advisory measure)
Measure T: Sutter Creek Appointed City Clerk
Measure E: Chico Unified School District bond proposition
Measure G: Gridley Unified School District bond proposition
Measure H: Butte County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program
Measure J: City of Chico Utility Users Tax
Measure K: City of Chico Corporations Are Not Entitled to Political Free Speech
Measure L: City of Chico Appointed City Clerk
Measure M: El Medio Fire Protection District bond proposition
Measure V: Yuba County Reduction in Number of Board Members (also on ballot in Yuba County)
Measure B: Calaveras County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program Fee
Measure C: Copperopolis Fire Protection District Gann Limit Increase
Measure D: Circle XX Community Services District parcel tax
Measure G: City of Williams Sales Tax
Measure A: Contra Costa Community College District parcel tax
Measure B: Antioch High School bond proposition
Measure C: Martinez Unified School District parcel tax
Measure D: San Ramon Valley Unified School District bond proposition
Measure E: West Contra Costa Unified School District bond proposition
Measure G: West Contra Costa Unified School District parcel tax
Measure H: Knightsen Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure I: Chabot Las Positas Community College District parcel tax (also on ballot in Alameda County)
Measure J: Concord (City of) Appointed City Treasurer
Measure K: Moraga (Town of) Sales Tax Increase for Roads
Measure L: Orinda (City of) Sales Tax Increase for Roads
Measure M: Pinole (City of) Utility Users Tax
Measure N: Richmond "Soda Tax"
Measure O: Richmond Soda Tax (Related advisory measure)
Measure P: Richmond (City of) Advisory Measure on the Definition of a Corporation
Measure Q: Contra Costa Fire Protection District parcel tax
Measure A: Crescent City Mandatory Health Voucher Prior to Addition of Fluoride to Water Supplies
Measure L: El Dorado County Library Parcel Tax
Measure B: Fresno County Sales Tax for Libraries
Measure C: Caruthers Unified School District bond proposition
Measure F: City of Fresno Financial Practices Charter Amendment
Measure K: Kings Canyon Unified School District bond proposition (also on ballot in parts of Tulare County)
Measure L: West Hills Community College District bond proposition (also on ballot in parts of Kings County)
Measure M: Mendota Unified School District bond proposition
Measure O: Fresno County Services Performed by Independent Contractors
Measure S: Sanger Unified School District bond proposition
Measure W: Washington Unified School District bond proposition
Frank Martinez and Glenda Hill recall, Orange Cove, California (2012)
Measure P: Willows Unified School District bond proposition
Measure Q: City of Willows Hotel Tax
Measure D: Fortuna Union High School District bond proposition
Measure E: Arcata Elementary School District parcel tax
Measure F: Arcata Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure G: Trinidad (City of) Sales Tax Increase
Measure H: City of Arcata Corporations Are Not People
Measure I: City of Arcata Residential Electricity Users Tax
Measure J: City of Rio Dell bond proposition
Measure S: Brawley Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure X: Coachella Valley Unified School District bond proposition (also on the ballot in parts of Riverside County)
Measure M: McFarland Unified School District bond proposition
Measure N: Mohave Unified School District parcel tax
Measure O: Elk Hills School District bond proposition
Measure P: Panama-Buena Vista Union School District bond proposition
Measure Q: Standard School District bond proposition
Measure R: City of Maricopa Sales Tax
Measure L: West Hills Community College District bond proposition (also on ballot in parts of Fresno County)
Measure E: Lake County Sales Tax to Support Clear Lake
Measure V: Spalding Community Services District parcel tax
Measure W: Lassen Library District parcel tax
Measure A: County of Los Angeles Appointed County Assessor
Measure B: Los Angeles Porn Actors Required to Wear Condoms Act
Measure C: El Monte Use of Revenue from Measure H
Measure D: City of Downey Utility Taxes
Measure E: El Camino Community College District bond proposition
Measure F: El Monte Rent Control on Mobile Homes
Measure G: Cerritos Community College District bond proposition
Measure H: El Monte Soda Tax
Measure I: La Mirada Sales Tax Increase
Measure J: Los Angeles County Sales Tax for Transportation
Measure K: Lynwood Unified School District bond proposition
Measure L: Lancaster Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure M: Artesia Business License Tax Increase
Measure N: City of Long Beach Minimum Wages for Hotel Workers
Measure O: City of Long Beach Change in City Election Dates
Measure P: City of Bellflower Utility User Tax
Measure Q: Redondo Beach Unified School District bond proposition
Measure R: Rowland Unified School District bond proposition (also on ballot in parts of Orange County)
Measure S: Temple City Unified School District bond proposition
Measure T: Pomona City Council Members Elected At-Large
Measure U: Pomona Charter Revisions
Measure V: Pomona Hotel Tax Increase
Measure W: Pomona Real Property Transfer Tax Increase
Measure X: Pomona Library Parcel Tax
Measure Y: City of Culver City Sales Tax Increase
Measure Z: Whittier City Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure AA: City of Commerce Sales Tax Increase
Measure ALF: Sierra Madre Amendment of the Kensington Project
Measure BB: Bellflower Unified School District bond proposition
Measure CC: Covina-Valley Unified School District bond proposition
Measure CL: Local Classrooms Funding Authority (Centinela Valley Union area) parcel tax
Measure DD: Palmdale Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure EE: Little Lake City School District bond proposition
Measure ES: Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District bond proposition
Measure GA: Santa Monica Rent Control Adjustments
Measure GG: Inglewood Unified School District bond proposition
Measure HH: Santa Monica Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority parcel tax
Measure MM: Woodland Hills, Encino, and Tarzan Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority parcel tax
Measure QS: Castaic Union Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure TT: Little Lake City Elementary School District parcel tax
Measure WP: Westside Union Elementary School District parcel tax
Measure WR: Westside Union Elementary School District bond proposition
Mario Hernandez, Maribel De La Torre, and Brenda Esqueda recall, San Fernando, California (2012)
Measure A: Marin County Sales Tax Increase
Measure B: Mill Valley School District parcel tax
Measure C: Shoreline Unified School District parcel tax(also on ballot in parts of Sonoma County)
Measure D: Town of Ross parcel tax
Measure E: Mesa Park Firehouse Community Park Agency parcel tax
Measure F: Stinson Beach Fire Protection District Appropriations Limit
Measure F: Mendocino County Definition of a Corporation
Measure G: Mendocino County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program Fees
Measure E: Delhi Unified School District bond proposition
Measure G: Weaver Union School District bond proposition
Measure A: Pacific Grove Unified School District parcel tax
Measure B: Spreckels Union School District bond proposition
Measure C: Soledad Unified School District bond proposition
Measure D: Carmel-by-the-Sea Sales Tax Increase
Measure E: Salinas (City of) Half-Cent Sales Tax in Perpetuity
Measure F: City of Pacific Grove Building Height Restrictions
Measure L: Pajaro Valley Unified School District (also on ballot in Santa Cruz County)
Measure B: Calistoga Silver Rose Referendum
Measure C: St. Helena Unified School District bond proposition
Measure G: American Canyon Length of Mayoral Term
Measure S: Napa County Higher Weight Limit on the Napa County Airport Main Runway
Measure T: Napa County Sales Tax for Road Repairs
Measure U: Napa County Angwin General Plan Amendment Initiative
Measure V: Napa County Service to Non-Golfers at the Chardonnay Golf Course Restaurant
Measure J: Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District bond proposition (also on ballot in Placer County)
Measure L: Nevada City Sales Tax
Measure N: Grass Valley Sales Tax
Measure K: Pleasant Ridge Union School District parcel tax
Measure M: Coast Community College District bond proposition
Measure N: Fountain Valley School District bond proposition
Measure O: La Habra City School District bond proposition
Measure P: Ocean View School District bond proposition
Measure Q: Rancho Santiago Community College District bond proposition
Measure R: Rowland Unified School District bond proposition (also on ballot in parts of Los Angeles County)
Measure S: Tustin Unified School District bond proposition
Measure T: City of Brea Accountability Act
Measure U: City of Brea Open Governance Act
Measure V: Adoption of a Costa Mesa City Charter
Measure W: Fullerton West Coyote Hills Development and Nature Preserve
Measure X: Fullerton Sales of Fireworks in the City
Measure Y: City of Garden Grove Hotel Tax
Measure Z: Repeal of the Huntington Beach Retirement Fund Property Tax Levy
Measure AA: Huntington Beach Equal Taxation and Assessments for Sunset Beach
Measure BB: City of Irvine "Support Our Schools Initiative"
Measure CC: Laguna Beach Parcel Tax for Open Space
Measure DD: City of Los Alamitos Utility Users Tax
Measure EE: Newport Beach Charter Amendments (Including a Ban on Red Light Cameras)
Measure FF: City of Orange Referendum on Orange Park Acres
Measure GG: City of Santa Ana Mayoral Term Limits
Measure HH: City of Tustin Elimination of City Council Pay and Benefits
Measure H: City of Lincoln Appointed City Treasurer
Measure J: Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District bond proposition (also on ballot in Nevada County)
Measure K: Newcastle Fire Protection District parcel tax
Measure C: Plumas County Hotel Tax Increase
Measure D: Plumas County Sales Tax Increase
Measure N: Murrieta Ban on Red-Light Enforcement Cameras
Measure O: Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District District bond proposition (also on the ballot in parts of San Bernardino County)
Measure P: City of Jurupa Valley Appropriations Limit
Measure Q: Indian Wells Rotation in the Office of Mayor
Measure R: Indian Wells Parcel Tax for Landscaping
Measure S: Indian Wells Limits of City Official Compensation
Measure T: Perris Union High School District bond proposition
Measure U: Hemet Unified School District bond proposition
Measure V: Nuview Union School District bond proposition
Measure W: Alvord Unified School District bond proposition
Measure X: Coachella Valley Unified School District bond proposition (also on the ballot in parts of Imperial County)
Measure Y: Temecula Valley Unified School District bond proposition
Measure Z: Wildomar Parcel Tax for Parks
Measure AA: City of San Jacinto Annexation of Area 78
Measure BB: City of Eastvale Appropriations Limit
Measure K: Citrus Heights Utility Users Tax
Measure L: Rancho Cordova Tax on Gross Receipts of Card Rooms
Measure M: Sacramento (City of) Elected Charter Revision Committee
Measure N: San Juan Unified School District bond proposition
Measure P: Folsom Cordova Unified School District bond proposition
Measure Q: Sacramento City Unified School District
Measure R: Sacramento City Unified School District
Measure T: Sacramento (City of) Mandates on Garden and Yard Refuse Disposal
Measure U: Sacramento (City of) Sales Tax Increase
Measure E: City of Hollister Sales Tax
Measure N: San Bernardino City Unified School District bond proposition
Measure O: Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District District bond proposition (also on ballot in parts of Riverside County)
Measure P: Chaffey Joint Union High School District bond proposition
Measure Q: San Bernardino County Salaries of County Supervisors
Measure R: San Bernardino County Part-Time Supervisors
Measure S: City of Needles Marijuana Business Tax
Measure T: City of Needles Utility Users Tax
Measure U: Yucca Valley Sales Tax Increase
Measure V: City of Rialto Business Tax on Petroleum Products
Measure A: City of Carlsbad Limits on Increases in Retirement Benefits
Measure B: Election of City of Chula Vista Council Members by District
Measure C: Cajon Valley Union School District bond proposition
Measure D: Dehesa School District bond proposition
Measure E: Chula Vista Elementary School District
Measure F: City of Coronado Hotel Tax
Measure G: Mountain Empire Unified School District bond proposition
Measure H: Del Mar Marijuana Dispensaries and Taxation
Measure J: City of Del Mar Village Specific Plan
Measure K: City of Encinitas Mayoral and City Council Elections
Measure L: City of Encinitas Two-Year Mayoral Term
Measure M: City of Encinitas Four-Year Mayoral Term
Measure N: City of Escondido Changes to General Plan
Measure P: City of Escondido Adoption of a City Charter
Measure Q: City of Lemon Grove Medical Marijuana Regulatory Ordinance
Measure R: Ramona Unified School District bond proposition
Measure S: City of Imperial Beach Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Act
Measure T: City of Lemon Grove Medical Marijuana Dispensary Authorization Ordinance
Measure U: City of Santee Hotel Tax
Measure V: Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District bond proposition
Measure W: City of Solana Beach Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Measure Y: South Bay Union School District bond proposition
Proposition Z: San Diego Unified School District bonds
Proposition AA: San Dieguito Union School District bonds
Proposition BB: Bonsall Union Unification of School District
Proposition CC: Del Mar Union School District bonds
Proposition EE: MiraCosta Community College District bonds
Proposition A: City College of San Francisco Parcel Tax
Proposition B: San Francisco "Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks" bond proposition
Proposition C: San Francisco Creation of a Housing Trust Fund
Proposition D: San Francisco Consolidation of Odd-Year Municipal Elections
Proposition E: San Francisco Gross Receipts Tax on Businesses
Proposition F: San Francisco Water Sustainability and Environmental Restoration/Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Proposition G: San Francisco Repeal of the Notion of Corporate Personhood
Measure B: Escalon Unified School District bond proposition
Measure C: Lathrop Sales Tax Increase
Measure D: San Joaquin County Supervisor Term Limits
Measure E: Stockton Unified School District bond proposition
Measure G: Ripon Unified School District bond proposition
Measure B: Oceano Community Services District Rules Governing the Sale of Water
Measure C: Cayucos Fire Protection District parcel tax
Measure D: City of San Luis Obispo Utility Users Tax
Measure E: Paso Robles Sales Tax Increase
Measure F: Paso Robles Use of Sales Tax Revenues for Road Repairs
Measure H: Templeton Unified School District bond proposition
Measure I: Proposed City Charter for the City of Grover Beach
Measure A: San Mateo County Sales Tax Increase
Measure B: San Mateo County Election of Supervisors Charter Amendment
Measure C: San Mateo County Appointed Controller
Measure D: Burlingame Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure E: Jefferson Union High School bond proposition
Measure F: Atherton New Library in Holbrook-Palmer Park
Measure G: San Bruno Park School District parcel tax
Measure H: San Carlos Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure I: Jefferson Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure J: Half Moon Bay Sales Tax Increase
Measure K: Menlo Park Hotel Tax Increase
Measure L: Atherton New Town Center
Measure M: Atherton Little League Ball Field at Holbrook-Palmer Park
Measure A: Santa Barbara High School District parcel tax
Measure B: Santa Barbara Elementary School District parcel tax
Measure C: Buellton Term Limits
Measure D: Buellton Hotel Tax
Measure E: Carpinteria Hotel Tax
Measure F: Montecito Fire Protection District Increase in Number of Director Seats
Measure G: Goleta Voter Approval Required for Agricultural Land Decisions
Measure H: Goleta Hotel Tax
Measure I: Guadalupe (City of) Library Parcel Tax
Measure J: City of Guadalupe Name Change to "Guadalupe Beach"
Measure K: College School District bond proposition
Measure L: Santa Ynez Valley Union High School bond proposition
Measure Z: Solvang Hotel Tax
Measure A: Santa Clara County Sales Tax Increase
Measure B: Santa Clara Valley Water District parcel tax
Measure C: Palo Alto Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Initiative
Measure D: San Jose Minimum Wage Increase Initiative
Measure E: San Jose Cardroom Gambling
Measure G: Morgan Hill School District bond proposition
Measure H: San Jose Unified School District bond proposition
Measure I: East Side Union High School District bond proposition
Measure J: Alum Rock Union Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure K: Berryessa Union School District parcel tax
Measure L: Mount Pleasant School District bond proposition
Measure M: El Camino Hospital District Compensation Levels
Measure L: Pajaro Valley Unified School District bond proposition (also on ballot in Monterey County)
Measure M: Pacific Elementary School bond proposition
Measure N: Santa Cruz County Hotel Tax
Measure O: City of Capitola Quarter-Cent Sales Tax Increase
Measure P: Santa Cruz (City of) Voter Approval Required for Desalination Facility
Measure Q: Santa Cruz (City of) Hotel Tax
Measure R: Watsonville (City of) Mobile Home Parks
Measure C: Anderson Union High School District bond proposition
Measure P: Black Mountain Zone of Increased Benefit parcel tax
Measure Q: McCloud Community Services District Parcel Tax for Library Services
Measure R: Butteville Union School District bond proposition
Measure S: Dunsmiur (City of) Restrictions on the Cultivation of Medical Marijuana
Measure E: Davis Joint Unified School District parcel tax (also on the ballot in parts of Yolo County)
Measure I: City of Vacaville Excise Tax
Measure M: City of Vacaville Sales Tax Increase
Measure N: City of Dixon Sunshine Ordinance
Measure O: City of Rio Vista Sales Tax Increase
Measure P: City of Fairfield Sales Tax Increase
Measure Q: Solano Community College bond proposition (also on the ballot in parts of Yolo County)
Measure C: Shoreline Unified School District parcel tax (also on the ballot in parts of Marin County)
Measure K: West Sonoma County Union High School District parcel tax
Measure L: Fort Ross Elementary School District parcel tax
Measure M: Gravenstein Union School District bond proposition
Measure N: Roseland School District bond proposition
Measure O: Sebastopol Union School District parcel tax
Measure P: Wilmar Union School District bond proposition
Measure Q: Method of Election to the Santa Rosa City Council
Measure R: Santa Rosa Binding Arbitration for Employee Disputes
Measure S: Santa Rosa Design-Build Procurement
Measure T: Santa Rosa Assortment of City Charter Amendments
Measure U: City of Cotati Prohibition on Roundabout Construction
Measure V: Healdsburg Sales Tax Increase
Measure W: Healdsburg Urban Growth Boundary Extension
Measure X: Petaluma Parcel Tax for Park Funding
Measure Y: City of Sebastopol Sales Tax
Measure Z: Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District parcel tax
Measure U: City of Hughson Length of Mayoral Term
Measure A: Red Bluff Hotel Tax
Measure E: Visalia Unified School District bond proposition
Measure G: Formation of an Exeter Unified School District
Measure H: Earlimart School District bond proposition
Measure I: Three Rivers School District parcel tax
Measure J: Porterville Unified School District bond proposition
Measure K: Kings Canyon Unified School District bond proposition (also on ballot in parts of Fresno County)
Measure L: Lindsay Unified School District bond proposition
Measure M: City of Exeter Hotel Tax Increase
Measure N: City of Exeter Appointed City Clerk
Measure O: City of Exeter Appointed City Treasurer
Measure P: Election of Visalia City Council Members by Individual Districts
Measure Q: Formation of an Alpaugh Community Services District
Measure G: Groveland Community Services District parcel tax
Measure H: Summerville Union High School District bond proposition
Measure J: Sonora Union High School District bond proposition
Measure L: Thousand Oaks City Council Term Limits
Measure M: Proposed Santa Paula Unified School District
Measure N: Simi Valley Managed Growth Plan
Measure O: City of Moorpark Low-Rent Housing Development
Measure P: Ocean View School District bond proposition
Measure Q: Ventura Unified School District parcel tax
Measure R: Oxnard School District bond proposition
Measure S: Somis Union School District bond proposition
Measure T: Hueneme Elementary School District bond proposition
Measure U: Blanchard/Santa Paula Public Library Increase in Appropriations Limit
Measure E: Davis Joint Unified School District parcel tax (also on the ballot in parts of Solano County)
Measure G: City of West Sacramento Redevelopment Agency Dissolution Revenues
Measure H: Yolo County Creation of a Department of Finance
Measure Q: Solano Community College bond proposition (also on ballot in Solano County)
Measure T: Yuba County "Open Space Initiative"
Measure U: Wheatland Union High School District bond proposition
Measure V: Yuba County Reduction in Number of Board Members (also on the ballot in parts of Butte County)